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KiSchu: ONLINE 2025/26 Advanced German (DSD II)

  • Saturday, September 06, 2025
  • 2 sessions
  • Saturday, September 06, 2025, 9:00 AM (CDT) Saturday, June 06, 2026, 10:30 AM (CDT)
  • Saturday, September 06, 2025, 10:45 AM 12:15 PM (CDT)
  • ONLINE

Registration

  • This class is for those who have already taken a DSD II class before.
    Meeting time is: 10:45am-12:15pm
  • This class is for those who are taking DSD II class for the first time.
    Meeting time is: 9-10:30am

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advanced german (DSD II)

14-18 year olds

Willkommen to the 2025/26 school year at the Kinderschule!

class description

This community based heritage learning class is a full immersion German program with an emphasis on academic German which will bring our students on par with the German language skills of an "Abiturient" (a student who finished High School). At the same time, it is important to us that our students not only learn the language, but also the culture, and become part of our community. This class is taught online (students may take this class at the Haus - bring headphones!).

Academically, our program is accredited with the Zentralstelle für Auslandsschulwesen (ZfA), we follow the European Framework of Reference for Language (CEFR), and this class explicitly prepares students for the Deutsche Sprachdiplom II. But while we offer and prepare for this exam, students take it on a voluntary basis, and are welcome to enjoy this class without a final exam, as it is more important to us that our students enjoy learning the culture and the language than that they excel in any standardized test.

Meeting times

ONLINE: Saturdays (see calendar here) from either

  • 9-10:30am (Session I) Einsteiger (Beginner)
  • or 10:45-12:15pm (Session II) Fortgeschritten (Advanced)

Your child(ren) can take the class at our Haus (bring headphones!), and help out as an assistant with the younger students afterwards (school day ends at 12pm).

IN-PERSON: Mondays, 5:30-7pm  Register here for in-person

Class placement

If your child(ren) have been enrolled with us in the school year 2024/25, and have passed the DSD I exam, this is the right class. Students generally take this class for at least a full year before they prepare for the actual exam and many students take this class for two years before taking the exam.

If you are not sure about your child(ren)'s level, please have them take this short placement test and send us the results. If your child(ren) are 12 years old or younger, please sign them up with our in-person Saturday school, we do offer all levels.

Price

Our school year has 32 sessions, and costs $615 for friends of DANK (become a friend here!). Generally, if you are signing up more than one child, the family friend option pays for itself and you will be able to take advantage of all our special offers for our friends throughout the year. For the general public the price is $646.

ACHTUNG! EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: If you sign up between May 1st and May 31st, the Friends of DANK Haus price is $600 and the price for the general public is $630.

If you would like to pay this amount in full, please indicate so during registration, if not, we will invoice you quarterly, resulting in 4 charges.

Sign-up fee

Sign up is free, we will send you an invoice after you have signed up.

Early Bird Pricing runs May 1 - May 31st, 2025.

Regular pricing runs June 1st - July 14th. If you sign up after July 15th, there is a $25 surcharge, if you sign up after August 15th, there is a $50 surcharge.


Questions? Comments?

Please contact kinderschule@dankhaus.com with any questions, concerns, and comments. You can also reach us at 773-561-9181 Ext.2!

See you in class! / Bis dahin!


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